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Arrests Made in Deadly Bombings at Afghan Funeral

Suicide attacks capped one of the most violent weeks in the capital in years

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Jessica Donati and

Ehsanullah Amiri

Updated June 4, 2017 7:56 p.m. ET

KABUL—Afghan authorities on Sunday arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a triple suicide bombing at a funeral the day before, capping one of the most violent weeks in the capital in years.

The funeral was held for the son of the deputy speaker of the Senate, who was shot in clashes with police at a protest against the government over its failure to prevent a massive truck bombing on Wednesday. That bombing killed at...